St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-24
A CARNIVAL SUNDAY.
The Palace Grounds Closed, but the
People Celebrate Mildly To-
Bays r0gramaMe.

When the carnival directors decided to
close the palace grounds to prevent the
Fourth commandment from being broken,
they placed an awful strain on the Third
commandment. So great was the strain. in
fact, that it broke with blue-colored crash
that left streaks of azure near the entrance
and burned the splinters on the board fence
that divides the park of Rex BorealiS from
the haunts of the general public.
Carnival echoes foated all through the
city yesterday, Notwithstanding that it was
Sunday, and though the palace grounds were
closed, the thousands of visitors did not re-
main in their rooms waiting for a permit
from the directors of the Carnival associa-
tion to come out of doors and let
the carnival spirit take its inevitable
course. They came out of doors and
thrOnged the streets in cutters and on foot.
They attended church, some of them with
a religious zeal that must have delighted
the heart of ID. Il. Moves, Of the Carnival
association. Then they Went up and looked
at the ice palace from outside the board
fence that separates the lofty castle of Rex
BOrealis. king of the carnival, from the out
side world. The gates were locked as
tightly as if they had been frozen together.
1t is only common charity to suppose that
the carnival directors acted from the best
motives in closing the grounds yesterday,
and that in SO doing the intention was to
prevent Sabbath breaking. But it is safe
to say that some OF the members of the
association would have realized Yesterday,
ST they had gone to the vicinity of the
grounds III the afternoon, that in their
zeal to keep the Fourth Commandment
whole they had not taken the Third into
account.
Its - fraud" said q man in a cut
ter TO one or two companions, that man
can't be allowed to get a sight in there, on
such day as this. It's wonder they
didn't fence in the Robert street bridge so
that people couldn't get look at the
WEST SIDE ICE RINK"
On inquiry it was found that this man
had come from Minneapolis to see the pal
ace. Numerous people were profane about
the park gates, though not all, and some
said it was good thing to keep the grounds
closed.
Third street has not been liyeler with
teams any day during the week past, ex-
cept during the parades and displays. than
it was at some times yesterday afternoon
The livery stable proprietors must have
done big business, for there were hun
dreds of cutters out. The day could not
have been finer. The sun shone all day
and the air was clear and bracing. The
streets leading from the heart of the city to
the palace park were also lively with teams
THE course on the river above the Robert
street bridge had its share of attention
The Ice Palace rink. of the West st. Paul
people. was open and some hundreds
availed themselves of the opportunity to
take a spin on skates during the afternoon.
The carnival will go on again this week.
The thousands of lamps that were dusky
last night VIII shine again when the Jets
are lighted this evening and the toboggan
suits that were folded away yesterday will
be donned again fiiiS morning. The pro-
;gramme for to-day will consist of games at
&he palace grounds. including an Indian